Spatial Media LBSzone Alert - LBS and location technology newsletter Nov 18
Written by Spatial Media LLC
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Another edition of the weekly location-technology newsletter, LBSZone
Alert was released this week with a recap of the latest in LBS, positioning, and Mobile
Location technologies
Welcome again to another week.. let me kick things off with an
interesting contest announced on the Qik blog providing users with a
chance to win a very cool Nokia N97 smartphone - recall Qik enables
mobile users to stream live video and connect to youtube, Twitter, and
facebook - see details here and good luck!
With GISDay taking place, we have a few GISuser stories of interest to
share with you including details of an interesting event taking place
in McAllen, Texas where attendees will hear about ArcGIS Server Mobile ADF. We also heard from NDGIS about their event, taking place on campus where UND Geography Department will celebrate Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. Also, see here
for details of an interesting GIS Day presentation titled GIS and
GeoSkills: New Ways to Achieve New Evidence for Better Decisions.
Thanks for all the tips and please keep em coming!
Finally, loads of interesting LBS news headlines to share today including:
DataArt Making Turn-By-Turn Navigation on iPod touch a Reality with a New Application for iPhone; REI Snow Report
Relaunches with Updated Functionality for iPhone Users - this app
rocks! Simply select a country and geographic reagion and you'll have
the latest snow conditions at your fingertips! Skyhook Wireless
Releases Maps Booster for Ovi - This app will dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of location results on any S60 Nokia handset. Geolife's Navmii Personal Navigation Comes to iPhone - Navmii turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone is now available via the Apple App Store at only GBP29.99.
Have a great GISDay & Geography Awareness week to all... Are You LinkedIn with me yet?? Recall, you can also friend us on Twitter @LBSzone
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
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